Sales Order Scheduling (LO-INT-TM)
You can also schedule sales orders in SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM).
Integration
These functions are only available if you have SAP TM connected and you have activated the ERP-TMS: Order Integration
(LOG_TM_ORD_INT
) business function.
The ERP system expects the following standard dates when scheduling takes place in SAP TM:
Delivery date
Goods issue date
Loading date
Material availability date
Transportation planning date
You can find these dates in the sales order in the delivery schedule line view of the item data on the Shipping
tab.
Note
In manual backorder processing (transactions CO06
and V_RA
), you cannot process orders with external scheduling.
You can use the service TransportationRequestSUITESimulateRequestConfirmation_Out
for scheduling.
You can connect services via SAP NetWeaver XI with SAP TM. Alternatively, you can use Web Services Reliable Messaging without SAP NetWeaver XI.
For more information, see Web Services Reliable Messaging and SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure.
For more information about scheduling in SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM), see SAP Help Portal for SAP TM at http://help.sap.com/tm
. Choose a release. In SAP Library, choose 
SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM)
ERP Logistics Integration
Scheduling of SAP ERP Sales Orders in SAP TM
.
Prerequisites
You must set up the following in Customizing for Integration with Other SAP Components
under Transportation Management
Order Integration
.
Activate transfer of sales documents
Set up the transfer of sales documents for the relevant document types. The control key must be created for the corresponding order type.
Define control keys for document transfer
Specify which documents are to be transferred to SAP TM.
Features
Creating and Changing Sales Orders
When creating or changing sales orders in the transactions VA01
and VA02
, scheduling takes place in the transportation management system instead of the shipment scheduling and transportation scheduling in SAP ERP. The system schedules
backwards from the requested delivery date. If the requested delivery date is not feasible or too close to today's date, forward scheduling takes place based on the material availability date.
The system does not check the availability of an item when you choose Enter. In the order view of the sales order, there are two new pushbuttons: 
(Check Document
Availability
) and (Check Group Availability
).
Check Document Availability
When checking document availability, the system schedules and checks the availability for all document items; it also checks any items that have already been checked.
Check Group Availability
When checking group availability, the system schedules and checks one item or several items together; here only new or changed items are checked. This check is also run when a document is saved.
The availability checking screen is displayed in accordance with your Customizing settings. For a material with a replenishment lead time, the replenishment lead time is displayed starting from the material availability date without calculated transportation and shipping times. In contrast, with scheduling in SAP ERP, the replenishment lead time is displayed inclusive of the calculated shipping and transportation times.
Rescheduling
In rescheduling, scheduling is done in SAP TM in the transaction V_V2
.
Note
To obtain a reliable result, you should always schedule sales orders completely in SAP TM. If you want to schedule document-by-document, you must select the document number as the first sort criterion.